Circus Williams-Althoff in Germany

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Circus Williams-Althoff

Type	circus
Founded	1976
Closed down	1996
Place	Cologne
Country	Germany
Related persons
Owner	1976-1996: Franz Althoff Jr.


Assistant Directors	1966: Evi Althoff

Performers & Artists
: Schengel Enders

Zoological department
Animal trainers
1989-1990: Jürg Jenny : Jacomo Enders

Elephant department

Elephant Trainer	1976-1980: Adi Enders

Record history
History of updates	2026-03-13: picture Enders bros.

Latest document update	2026-03-13 06:44:03

Description

Circus Williams-Althoff, in Cologne, Germany , was founded in 1976. Circus Williams-Althoff closed down in 1996.

Comments / picturesCarola Williams, who founded Circus Willams which was sold to Irvin Field in 1968, who brought the circus to USA and labelled it as Ringling Red Unit.

1976: Circus Williams-Althoff was founded by Franz Althoff Jr. (born 1943), son of Adolf Althoff, and nephew to Carola Williams.

Circus Williams-Althoff in Germany Germany

Circus Williams-Althoff in Germany Germany

Elephant trainer Adi Enders in 1980s. Asian elephant at left is Baby. The Africans are in no specified order; 1. Beauty, 2. Buba, 3. Debbi, 4. Didi, 5. Jenny, 6. Kongo, 7. Rita, and 8. Tanja.

Circus Williams-Althoff in Germany Germany

The Enders brothers; Jacomo Enders, Adi Enders and Schengel Enders, 1980.

1991: Circus Williams-Althoff was renamed to Moscow circus.

1996. The circus closed down.

References for records about Circus Williams-Althoff

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2026). Circus Williams-Althoff, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2111. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.circopedia.org/Circus_Williams
Beno Blachut, http://www.circopedia.org/Adi_Enders

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